Books by H B Berlow

Baron Witherspoon, facially scarred WWI veteran turned beat cop in Arkansas City, KS, finds himself immersed in two different murder investigations that span the course of three years. Each case is heinous and filled with twists and turns. To catch the killers, he must go deep into their demented minds. What he doesn't count on are the secrets-the ones that will be revealed and the ones he must keep. Will the knowledge he gains give him the answers he seeks or will it instead destroy him in the end?

It's 1943 and World War II rages overseas. However, for Baron Witherspoon, beat cop, his sole concern is keeping his city safe. Yet that seems impossible when two FBI agents show up, claim a German POW soldier has escaped and is on his way to Arkansas City, Kansas. The threat is no longer "over there".

Baron Witherspoon, a disfigured WWI vet, now a beat cop in a small Kansas burg, is on a collision course with Jake Hickey, a volatile Chicago gangster. While Baron wants merely to provide residents with a safe place to live and escape the memory of the horrors of war, Jake is looking to recapture the glory of Prohibition. Forced to hide out in Arkansas City, Baron's town, Jake's impatient nature drives him to put together his own gang. The local crime outfit is wary of Jake's dealings and lack of cooperation. Baron has his own suspicions but can't prove anything. A mutual acquaintance from the past, a dead war hero, holds a secret that raises the stakes even higher. Baron has too much to lose, but the town's future is in the balance.